Les Cockrell: High school arts and crafts show planned

The eighth annual Sanger High School arts and crafts show is planned
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and will feature more than 130 booths,
organizers said.

Admission is $1 for adults and free for students and children.
Shoppers can get in free by bringing two canned food items, which will be
donated to local food banks.

Booths featuring a wide variety of items will fill several areas of
the high school, including the commons area, front hallway, the practice gym
and the band hall.

Several organizations from Sanger High School will also be
participating in the show. Shoppers can purchase a dessert at the FCCLA’s bake
sale booth or have lunch in the Project Graduation concession stand. The money
raised in the concession stand will go to provide an after-graduation event for
the students of SHS.

The craft show is sponsored by the Sanger High School Business
Professionals of America chapter. Funds raised will help defray the cost for
students who compete at leadership conferences on the regional, state and
national levels.

The group also participates in several community service projects
and last year awarded scholarships to deserving seniors. Advisers for the group
are Teresa Melott, Linda Hewlett and Julianna Musgrave.

Sanger High School is located at 100 Indian Lane in Sanger.

Denton
County NAACP members to meet

The Denton County branch of the NAACP will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday
at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 1300 Wilson St. in Denton.

All members are encouraged to attend. Memberships are available for
$30 per year, a spokeswoman for the group said.

Christmas
program planned in Mountain Springs

Area families are invited to take part in the “Great Christmas Sing”
planned for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Mountain Springs Community Center.

Admission is free, although donations will be accepted to help
support building renovations.

The event will feature a Christmas songfest performed by several
members of the community and the children’s choir from St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church in Pilot Point, according to an event announcement. Pianist
Toni Holland will accompany the singers, and audience participation is
encouraged.

Refreshments will be served following the program.

The Mountain Springs Community Center is located 12 miles southeast
of Gainesville at 173 Mountain Springs Lane, off FM372.

International
students given Thanksgiving dinner

A group of 30 Denton residents treated international students from the
University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University to a traditional
American Thanksgiving feast on Nov. 17.

The event was sponsored by Global Interact, a community group
committed to friendship with international students at the two universities,
and a total of 180 students attended, an event organizer said.

Nine turkeys and more than 40 pounds of potatoes were among the
items used to prepare the feast, which was held at the Denton Senior Center.

Members of Global Interact have been reaching out to international
students for over 50 years. Anyone who would like to be a part of the
organization’s cultural exchange efforts can contact Bob and Penny Ashley at
940-898-8558.

Funding
available to help low-income families

Interfaith Ministries currently has TXU Energy Aid and city of
Denton funds available to assist low-income families with their TXU and city of
Denton electric bills, according to an announcement from Interfaith.

All applicants will be screened for eligibility and must provide
verification of household income and expenses, the announcement stated.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call Interfaith
Ministries of Denton, Inc. at 940-565-5479.

Master
Gardeners announce four-part landscaping class

The Denton County Master Gardener Association has announced that it
will offer a comprehensive “Design for Your Yard” landscaping class on four
consecutive Monday evenings beginning Jan. 13 and concluding Feb. 3.

The series will cover design considerations and preparation,
hardscape and plant selection.

All classes will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Global Spheres
Center, 7801 S. Interstate 35E in Corinth. The series is open to the public and
the cost is $15, which includes all materials required.

Students can sign up online at www.dcmga.com
and pay for the class using PayPal or mail a check to the Denton County Master
Gardener Association office.

Forum
on Denton quality of life rescheduled to Jan. 14

A community forum to discuss recreation and the quality of life in
Denton originally scheduled for Dec. 6 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Jan.
14, according to a press release.

The forum will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Joseph A. Carroll
Building, 401 W. Hickory St., in downtown Denton. The free event is the first
in a series of meetings inviting locals to share views about the quality of
life in Denton in the areas of recreation, residential, transportation, health
care and community support and services.

The Jan. 14 meeting will focus on recreation. An invited expert will
lead community members in a discussion about the city’s existing assets and
perceived areas of need across a range of services, from libraries and fitness
facilities to hiking trails and cultural venues, the press release stated.

The University of North Texas, in partnership with the North Central
Texas Area Agency on Aging and the Texas Department of Aging and Disability
Services, is seeking Denton residents of all ages to participate in the
community forums.

LES COCKRELL is interested in your input for
Out & About. Help share information about Denton County events and people
by calling him at 940-566-6887. His e-mail address is lcockrell@dentonrc.com.

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